I interviewed Jim Mutilator back in '95 who vehemently denied that RC had used a drum machine or computer or anything of that nature. Guess the legend dies with them. The explanation from memory was they all used the same studio and got the same sound..._________________Ashes to ashes
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Also I've always thought Destroyer 666 " Phoenix rising " have a drum machine even if they said deceiver is the drummer . just listen to the drums carefully .. It's strange

I always thought the same. They used an electric kit not a drum machine though.

It wasn't a drum machine but there were a lot of problems in the studio and they had to make compensations. so it's not a case of the parts not being performed by a live drummer but that the execution was not as desired so a degree of programming needed to be included. It is a weird sound I think and it's definitely my least fave D666 album despite thinking some of the songs are killer.

Ian explained it to me a goat's age ago... some of the details are lost I guess, but it def wasn't strictly a machine or programmed.

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What about this Destroyer 666 album ? Maybe Master throne , who have indirect links with the band , can confirm if yes or not it's a drum machine . Strange to have doubt on this band , but really the sound is so special , and the playing is ... too perfect . Really I think it's a drum machine .

Its definitely not a drum machine. The album was engineered and mixed by a bloke with no idea of underground black/death metal, he himself a member of a nu-metal type band which was total shit. The drums are just heavily triggered and thus sound very mechanical. Ruins the album for me.

I don't know much about drums or drugs, but whatever Samael are using, they are doing it right.
Anyone who's witnessed Samael live during the recent years? Only time I've seen them was during the Rotting Christ/Moonspell/Samael tour, can't really remember how they pulled it live.